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"Marathon Simulator" We start at the Marathon start time, run goal marathon pace, have water stops, take fluids, and goo's. It's a dress re-hearsal for the real deal. I tried out a new drink formula since I get to have my own fluids on the course!
3 laps of the Lake Forest loop minus the massive beach hill... half of the course is rolling (a little like riverbank run)...
http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=245359
and showers, last two miles the wind picked up...All of JSR showed (sans injured ones)... Which is awesome! Might I add that much of Chicagoland was flooded today, we got lucky, just a few puddles. (deepest was only ankle deep, and some what avoidable)
I ran the entire thing alone, which is probably how the marathon will go so it was good. I had a really hard time finding a rhythm today, I was all over the place and started out with a 6:22 mile! But on the second loop I got into a decent rhythm and took off, many of those miles were below 6:10 and they felt great. The final loop I settled into a more realistic pace 6:15ish and held it to the finish. I felt great the whole way and feel like I'm ready to run a marathon. I had been worried because I haven't been able to build my mileage to a "marathon" worthy amount, but I think as long as I stay true to what I've trained myself to do, like I did today, I'll be victorious! Based on pace the half marathon spilt was approx 1:21:20.
I have approx. times from each loop (+5.35) I ran a cut down I guess... What does that mean?
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